Operation Safe Lot

Police News

On July 2, 2015, at approximately 9:00 pm, Hartford Police Department South End Community Service Officers were in the area of 402 Franklin Avenue. The officers observed a male wearing a red hoody and black mask and another wearing a dark colored sweatshirt carrying a duffle bag, exiting Franklin Avenue Package Store. Seconds later, the victim emerged from the store and pointed towards a black Nissan Maxima fleeing east on Bodwell Street. The officers activated their police lights and siren, at which time the suspect's vehicle increased its speed, engaging the officers in a pursuit.This pursuit continued through the south end of the city and into the Town of Newington and West Hartford. The suspect's vehicle stopped in the Town of West Hartford, at which time four suspects were taken intocustody.

On July 2, 2015, Detectives from the Hartford Police Department's Vice and Narcotics Unit and Officers from the North Community Services division conducted an undercover narcotics operation in the area of the Sands Housing Complex on Main St. This operation was conducted in response to recent shots fired incidents and numerous citizen complaints regarding street level narcotics sales in the area. Undercover detectives conducted surveillance in the area and were able to identify prospective buyers and sellers of narcotics. A total of (11) suspects were arrested and charged with various narcotics charges. In addition Officers recovered two stolen motorcycles and arrested an individual who was wanted by STF for a gun related warrant.

(Hartford, CT.) – The Hartford Police Department Traffic Division will conduct a DUI Enforcement Checkpoint on Friday, July 3, 2015, from 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m., in the area of Jennings Road, on ramp to Interstate 91 South.

This checkpoint is part of the Hartford Police Department's ongoing expanded DUI enforcement program supervised by the HPD's Traffic Division and funded through a grant from the State of Connecticut Department of Transportation DUI Enforcement Program.